Philadelphia Pennsylvania-1962: Historic Sign on Brick Wall at Night

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Philadelphia Pennsylvania

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Historic Sign on Brick Wall at Night — Clip Details

PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA-1962: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a close-up of a white ornate sign mounted on a brick wall, reading 'Smiths Alley and Belden Court an 18th century street'. The scene is dimly lit, with deep shadows surrounding the sign and a dark doorway to the right. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, historical atmosphere of a quiet Philadelphia street in the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127708581

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1619 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: philadelphia,penn
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Philadelphia establishing inserts, documentary cutaways, or historic-street references needing a brief nighttime detail from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The ornate wall sign, brick facade, dark doorway, window grate, and film color suggest a preserved older urban street as seen in early 1960s Philadelphia footage.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close on a posted historic street sign from a visitor or passerby viewpoint, emphasizing a found urban detail rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a white decorative sign, red brick wall, dark doorway, black window opening, small lantern-like fixture, and heavy nighttime shadow.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, saturated blue shadows, soft focus, and slight handheld framing that give the sign a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, location insert, transition beat, or visual punctuation for narration about historic Philadelphia streets.
Historical context: The footage documents a mid-century home-movie encounter with a sign identifying Smiths Alley and Belden Court as an 18th century street in Philadelphia.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the visible building facade and historic sign should still be reviewed for property and contextual use concerns.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 Philadelphia 8mm historic street sign, Smiths Alley Belden Court, brick wall at night, or home movie urban landmark detail.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Philadelphia footage, then broader clips of historic signs, brick facades, and nighttime city details.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Philadelphia 8mm frame showing a white Smiths Alley and Belden Court sign on a brick wall at night. — Historic street sign on a brick facade in dim nighttime light.

1962 Philadelphia nighttime frame with a white historic street sign fixed to brick beside a shadowed doorway. — The sign remains centered near a dark entrance and brick wall.

Home-movie view of the Smiths Alley and Belden Court sign on a Philadelphia brick facade in 1962. — Close view of the historic street marker against brick and deep shadow.

1962 Philadelphia frame showing the ornate historic street sign beside a dark window on a brick wall. — Dimly lit sign and brick facade at the end of the short clip.

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